Re: rpm bookkeeping

["D. Stimits" <stimits@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Juri Haberland wrote:
> D. Stimits wrote:
>
> > I just did a cvs update to 2.4.19, from 2.4.19-rc2. Apparently the cmd 
> > rpms are the same version, without any changes. Even so, I did a make 
> > cmd and ran "rpm -Uvh *" on the i386 subdirectory, most simply said the 
>
> FWIW: better use 'rpm -Fhv *.rpm'.
> '-U' would install every rpm that is currently not installed or older.
> '-F' just updates currently installed rpms if newer versions are available.
>
> Cheers,
> Juri
If there was a new rpm, I wanted it installed, so the -U was ok in this 
case. I do use -F when I only want update if previously present.
D. Stimits, stimits AT idcomm.com